July 9, 2006 ( Read more... )

By TAMAR LEWIN ( Read more... )

Reminders of the birth lottery that I won. As a result, I have lived an easy and comfortable life. The birth place has afforded me citizenship so that I have not been inspired to travel to better lands risking injury, death (rather, I'm inspired to... better lands for adventure and horizon expansion). Thus far I have never been assaulted, attacked ( Read more... )

OK, this article has been among the top most emailed in the NYT since it came out so it's made the circuit. BUT just in case you missed it ( Read more... )

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By Alix Christie ( Read more... )

The answers are really quite interesting!

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/19/opinion/19coontz.html?incamp=article_popular

OK, either we officially and loudly proclaim a change to the lyrics "land of the free home of the brave" OR we push each other to keep alive the consciousness that we haven't tried to live up to these principles.